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Samsung Galaxy Camera
Just how many galaxies do we need?
The 21x zoom lens-totting, 16MP
sensor-laden, 4.3in screen encrusted Galaxy Camera is here. On the inside, a
1.4GHz quad-core processor keeps things snappy and the Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
OS on the outside keeps things slick app-wise. Go ahead now, download apps from
the Google Store and share pictures via Wi-Fi or 3G.
Samsung
Galaxy Camera
Samsung injects geek back into otherwise
boring cams, and just how cool is the Share Shot feature - it lets you fling
Pics in real-time to 8 nearby devices
Acer Iconia W700
Tablet transform!
Acer
Iconia W700
The Windows 8, Intel Core i3/i5-based W700
gets us excited yet again. It features the neatest of designs thanks to the
dock, which works in both landscape and portrait mode. The dock lets you
connect a keyboard or mouse if you get tired of poking at the screen. Storage
is taken care of by a 32 or 64GB SSD.
With the brilliant dock in place, this
could very well be your desktop replacement. It'll look good even in your
living room, taking center stage at your next party
Sony Vaio Tap 20
Beast incoming
Sony
Vaio Tap 20
If you are a sucker for specs, you’ll love
this Vaio. The Tap 20 features the Intel Core (i7, i5 or i3) processor along
with 8GB internal memory. That should be fantastic for playing games and
watching HD videos on the mega 20in (1600x900) 10-point multi-touch screen. And
a TB of HDD space at your disposal only means you’ll be busy backing up HD
content. From the Blu-ray you purchased, that is.
We like the Tap 20 very much not only
because we can use it as a tablet or a desktop replacement, but also we can use
all our 10 fingers to poke at the screen
LG ND8520 speaker dock
The musical Rubik’s Cube
LG
ND8520 speaker dock
For starters, we know this dock would look
ultra-cool in our living room. To make things convenient, the product supports
Airplay, through which you can beam songs wirelessly to this speaker system. It
offers 80 watts of sonic presence and features a built-in subwoofer. LG, you
need to launch this looker over here mighty quick!
This speaker r dock has all it takes to
become your next favorite iDevice dock. But its true success will depend on how
good it actually sounds
TDK Wireless Boombox
Mr Boomboxtic
TDK
Wireless Boombox
Boomboxes are great. They are easy to carry
around, and most of them don’t even look too bad. But the guys at TDK go a step
further by making theirs wireless and incorporating two 2in full-range drivers,
two 5.25in passive radiators and a 5.25in subwoofer. It looks like the coolest BoomBoxy
thing on the planet. We’d buy it.
The TDK Wireless Boombox scores 10 points
on looks, and if it can nail the sound bit, it is poised to become our favorite
portable audio
Sennheiser Momentum
The Moment has come!
Sennheiser
Momentum
Remember the feeling you get as you sink
into your car’s leather seat covers? Imagine that on your ears. The Momentum
set not only looks sinful, it should even feel sinful in your hands and to your
auditory receptors as you put it on. The leather chrome finish is fantastic and
the closed-back design means better noise cancellation.
We really want one of these, plainly
because Sennheiser is known for its superb headphones, and these new cans too
mean business
Sony HDR-AS15
If you got it, wear it!
Sony
HDR-AS15
The smashing new weather-proof HDR-AS15 can
shoot videos in Full HD (1080p) glory. It can even capture panoramas at an
eye-to-eye-stretching 170 degrees. It comes with a waterproof case that lets
you plunge it down-water all the way up to 60 meters. Finally, it is the
built-in Wi-Fi support that makes this one heck of a cam.
Sony has injected smart tech by means of a
3-way shake- cancelling. This improves electronic roll stability for super
smooth HD videos
Sony 4K TV
4K, go!
Sony
4K TV
Well, if you do happen to have roughly
about $1 Lacs to spare, you could buy this 4K television, capable of a
resolution of 3840x2160 pixels - that’s twice as much as a Full HD. This Sony
should do well with Sonics too, thanks to a 10 speaker setup. The set should be
out this month and hopefully we will soon see 4K movies hitting the shelves
too.
Sony’s SimulView lets PS3 gamers enjoy
dual-player games in full-screen mode. 3D glasses let each player see a
different image – so no more split screen!
Yamaha YSP-4300
Sound bar par excellence?
Yamaha
YSP-4300
Now the Japanese brains behind this marvel
promise true and not virtual 7.1-channel surround sound via the 22-array
speakers and two built-in woofers – we’ll know only once we hear it for
ourselves. What we do like is the fact that it also supports Dolby True HD and
comes built-in with 10 different listening modes. Fire up the Blu-rays!
The YSP-4300 offers wireless playback via
Yamaha’s yAired tech, which we love because it beams uncompressed linear PCM
signals
Samsung Galaxy Note 2
If a phone could kill!
Samsung
Galaxy Note 2
We would buy the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 for
more than a few reasons, the most important being if someone tried to mug us,
we could knock the person out with this device. Look at the size of it, for
God’s sake! Jokes apart, it is quite a deal to pack in a 5.5in super-crisp
screen on the outside along with a 1.6GHz quad-core processor on the inside. We
look forward to testing this beast.
The new stylus on the Galaxy Note 2 is now
thicker and a much better design, plus the rubberized tip now mirrors the feel
of writing on paper. Perfect
